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RICHARD EUGENE SHILT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – August 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Eugene Shilt, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 8
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- JOHN TURNER MULLANPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM PHILIP REESECorporal · August 17, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD SHUBIAKSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.